About The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering

The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering is an integral part of community building for researchers, academics and activists, and mothers interested in the topic of motherhood. The mandate of the Journal is to publish the most current, high quality scholarship on mothering-motherhood and to ensure that this scholarship considers motherhood in an international context and from a multitude of perspectives including differences of class, race, sexuality, age, ethnicity, ability and nationality.

Each issue of the Journal highlights a particular motherhood theme or topic and showcases the newest and best in maternal scholarship and features numerous book reviews. Furthermore, through poetry, photography, and artwork, the Journal gives voice to women's lived experiences of mothering in all their complexity and diversity. For submission guidelines, please see our style guide.

The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering is a scholarly, double-blind/peer reviewed publication. We are grateful to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for its ongoing support of the journal.

Our Journal Advisory Board, made up of eminent scholars in the area of mothering include: Mary Kay Blakely, Patrice DiQuinzio, Rishma Dunlop, Miriam Edelson, Fiona J. Green, D. Memee Lavell-Harvard, Brenda F. McGadney-Douglass, Andrea O'Reilly, Ruth Panofsky, Joanna Radbord, Sara Ruddick, Lori Saint-Martin, Judith Stadtman Tucker and Gina Wong-Wylie.

We are grateful to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) for its ongoing support of the journal.

Current and Upcoming Issues:

• Vol. 1.1 Mothering and Motherhood (spring/summer 1999) SOLD OUT!

• Vol. 1.2 Lesbian Mothering (fall/winter 1999) SOLD OUT!

• Vol. 2.1 Mothers and Sons (spring/summer 2000)

• Vol. 2.2 Mothering in the African Diaspora   (fall/winter 2000)

• Vol. 3.1 Becoming a Mother (spring/summer 2001)      

• Vol. 3.2 Mothering, Fathering and a Culture of Peace   (fall/winter 2001)

• Vol. 4.1 Mothering, Sex and Sexuality (spring/summer 2002)

• Vol. 4.2 Mothering and Literature(fall/winter 2002)

• Vol. 5.1 Mothering, Popular Culture and the Arts(spring/summer 2003)

• Vol. 5.2 Mothering in the Academy (fall/winter 2003)     

• Vol. 6.1 Mothering, Law, Politics and Public Policy (spring/summer 2004)

• Vol. 6.2 Mothering and Work/Mothering as Work (fall/winter 2004) 

• Vol. 7.1 Mothering, Religion and Spirituality(spring/summer 2005)

• Vol. 7.2 Grandmothers and Grandmothering (fall/winter 2005)

• Vol. 8.1 & 2 Mothering and Feminism   DOUBLE ISSUE !(summer 2006)

• Vol. 9.1 Young Mothers (spring/summer 2007)

• Vol. 9.2 Mothering, Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Class (fall/winter 2007)

• Vol. 10.1 Caregiving and Carework: Theory and Practice (spring/summer 2008)

• Vol. 10.2 Mothers and Daughters (fall/winter 2008)

• Vol. 11.1 Maternal Health and Well-Being (spring/summer 2009)

• Vol. 11.2 Mothering and Poverty (fall/winter 2009)

• Vol. 12.1 Mothering, Violence, Militarism, War and Social Justice(spring/summer 2010)

• Vol 12.2 Mothering, Bereavement, Loss, and Grief (fall/winter 2010)

• Vol 13.1 Mothering and the Environment (spring/summer 2011)

• Vol 13.2 Mothering and Migration: (Trans)nationalisms, Globalization, and Displacement (fall/winter 2011)

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